noun.
A muffle or furnace used for roastingore, usually of the reverberatory type; specifically, the furnace in which blister-copper is produced.
noun.
One who or that which roasts: as, a meat-roaster.
noun.
Specifically, the finishing-furnace in the Leblanc process of making ball-soda.
noun.
A pig or other animal or article fit for roasting.